Animal keeper Resume

Animal keepers care for animals in aquariums, zoological parks, and circus. These professionals are known to have profound knowledge about animal behavior and can take appropriate steps to control aggressive/unusual actions. They are also accountable for maintaining sanitation of setting, adapting a proper diet, medication and setting up routine for animals under their charge or even answering questions from visitors. You need to have good stamina, monitoring abilities, and critical thinking skills to solve unprecedented problems related to this profile.

Animal Keeper Resume Sample

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Jeffrey E. Marshall
170 Frank Lane
Paramus, New Jersey 07652
Phone: 201-403-2983
Email: jeffrey.marshall@anymail.com

Job Objective:

Dedicated and compassionate animal keeper with over 6+ years of experience in this field, seeking a challenging job where I can use my knowledge and strong background for animal care.

Summary of Skills:

• Substantial knowledge about behavior of different animals, and regulations to be followed in zoological parks
• Familiar with animal behavior and ability to handle them in extreme situations at the same time ensuring safety of visitors
• Capable of maintaining dietary routines of different animals, and making provisions for fresh clean water, hygienic cages, and shelters
• Ability to administer oral medication doses to ailing animals under the supervision of veterinary doctor
• Sound information about bathing, grooming hair coats, and ensuring proper exercise of the animals to maintain their health
• Capable of identifying wounds in animals, and providing primary first aid by administering medication or oral drugs
• Expertise in documenting observed uncommon changes, and making annual reports for the zoo animals

Work Experience:

Animal Keeper
Bergen County Zoological Park, Paramus, NJ
January 2016 – Present

• Handling shifting and movement of animals in closures to other location in the park to accommodate new species of animals, increasing visitor percentage by 34%
• Mentoring and assigning tasks to part-time volunteers, assistants to ensure cleanliness in the animal enclosures, visitor safety particularly children below 5
• Identifying, reporting sick animals to the veterinary specialists in time, and assisting to administer medication to lions, tigers, and chimpanzees
• Supervising team to maintain daily nutrition levels for animals by ordering the required quantity of food as per each animal's taste, and eating habits
• Organizing family shows on weekends and advertising for public funds in form of donations to help in zoo maintenance
• Providing care for domestic, and exotic species present in the zoological park

Animal Keeper
Jack's Zoological Center, Verona NJ
May 2013 – December 2015

• Cleaned animal quarters using rakes, disinfectants, water hoses, pumps to maintain sanitation and hygiene in the closures to prevent spread of diseases
• Assisted supervisors to monitor, and maintain temperatures, and humidity levels inside the closures, cages according to the climatic conditions
• Took responsibility for preparing bathing schedules for elephants, cat family, deer, and exotic animals like squirrel monkeys, wallabies
• Assisted vets to handle animals when medicine is administered, and during minor surgeries
• Analyzed changed eating patterns for birds, and reported the matter to senior authorities in the zoo to find out the problem at the earliest
• Coordinated with other keepers to conduct training sessions for animals to ensure their need of exercise is met
• Groomed, trained a group of 10 dogs of German Shepherd breed to get help in covering the huge zoo park are for patrolling the condition of animals

Internship:

Animal Keeper Intern
Essex County Turtle Park Zoo, West Orange, NJ
October 2011 – April 2013

• Analyzed daily eating patterns for various animals to understand abnormal behavior, and took responsibility to feed otters, bears, elephants, cougars and deer
• Coordinated with veterinary doctor for regular medical checkups of ailing animals, and assisted in administering oral, subcutaneous or intramuscular medicines
• Washed, swept, disinfected living area, bird cages, feeding zones to make the zoo free from germs and avoid contamination of areas
• Maintained the park's zoological database by keeping a daily update about the feed timings, health and vaccination programs for 50+ birds, and animals from cat family
• Coordinated with other interns to conduct daily tricks show featuring selected animals from the zoo as a part of entertainment program for school trips
• Provided guidance to school students to maintain safe distance from animal closures and prevented littering of the area
• Conducted follow-up rounds to ensure visitors do not offer outside food to the animals in the enclosure

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree in Zoology
  Princeton University Deans, Rochelle Park, New Jersey
  2010

Certification:

• Certified Zoo Keeper
  The Association of Zoos and Aquariums, New Jersey
  2011

Reference:

On request.